Elvira Karin Öberg (born 26 February 1999) is a Swedish

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. She is the younger sister of Olympic champion

Hanna Öberg Hanna Öberg (born 2 November 1995) is a Swedish biathlete who is double Olympic champion and three-time world champion. She is the elder sister of fellow biathlete Elvira Öberg. Career In 2017 she won the IBU Female Rookie of the Year Awa ...

. Elvira won three gold medals in the youth category at the 2018 Biathlon Junior World Championships in

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; in the 10 km

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, the 3 × 6 km

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and the 6 km sprint respectively. Öberg placed twelfth in the sprint in her

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

debut in

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, 1 December 2019. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022 she won the silver medal in the sprint race, following up with a silver in the pursuit.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)''

World Championships

World Cup

Individual podiums

* 10 victories (4 MS, 4 Pu, 2 Sp) * 27 podiums (11 Pu, 9 Sp, 5 MS, 1 Ind, 1 Short Ind)

Team podiums

*5 victories *17 podiums :''*Results are from IBU races which include the

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

and the

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Personal life

Her sister

is a professional biathlete who competes with her for the Swedish Women Biathlon team.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberg, Elvira 1999 births Living people Swedish female biathletes Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Sweden Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Sportspeople from Kiruna 21st-century Swedish sportswomen Biathlon World Championships medalists